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Table of Contents

Warranty and Service..........................................................................................................................2

Table of Contents ...............................................................................................................................3

Warning .............................................................................................................................................4

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................6

Specifications .....................................................................................................................................6

Unpacking ..........................................................................................................................................7

Contents of the Shipping Container ..................................................................................................7

Installation and Assembly ....................................................................................................................7

Installing Dust Chute .......................................................................................................................8

Installing Handwheel .......................................................................................................................8

Electrical Connections.........................................................................................................................8

Extension Cords ..............................................................................................................................9

Adjustments .......................................................................................................................................9

Belt Tension ....................................................................................................................................9

Planer Knife Replacement................................................................................................................9

Sharpening Knives ........................................................................................................................ 10

Depth of Cut.................................................................................................................................. 11

Feed Rate ..................................................................................................................................... 11

The Planer’s Feed System ............................................................................................................. 11

Leveling Cutterhead with Bed ......................................................................................................... 14

Interlock Switch ............................................................................................................................. 15

Caster Lock .................................................................................................................................. 15

Operation ......................................................................................................................................... 15

Kinds of Warp ............................................................................................................................... 15

Planing to Desired Thickness ......................................................................................................... 16

Depth of Cut.................................................................................................................................. 16

Thickness Planing Steps ................................................................................................................ 16

Planing for Finish .......................................................................................................................... 17

Introduction to Molding ...................................................................................................................... 17

Pattern Knives............................................................................................................................... 17

Optional Bedboard and Guide ........................................................................................................ 17

Homemade Bedboard.................................................................................................................... 18

Homemade Featherboard .............................................................................................................. 18

Homemade Guide Set-Up for Edge Molding .................................................................................... 18

Installing Single Pattern Knives ...................................................................................................... 18

Installing Three-Knife Set ............................................................................................................... 19

Pattern Knife Clearance ................................................................................................................. 19

Installing Bedboard ........................................................................................................................ 20

Face Molding with pattern knives .................................................................................................... 20

Edge Molding with pattern knives ................................................................................................... 21

Edge Planing ................................................................................................................................ 21

Common Molding Applications ....................................................................................................... 21

Maintenance .................................................................................................................................... 23

Lubrication .................................................................................................................................... 23

Replacement Parts ........................................................................................................................... 28

Parts List: Base Assembly.............................................................................................................. 29

Base Assembly ............................................................................................................................. 30

Parts List: Gearbox Assembly ........................................................................................................ 31

Gearbox Assembly ........................................................................................................................ 32

Parts List: Stand Assembly ............................................................................................................ 33

Stand Assembly ............................................................................................................................ 34

Parts List: Cutterhead, Hood and Table Assembly ........................................................................... 35

Cutterhead, Hood and Table Assembly ........................................................................................... 37

Electrical Connections....................................................................................................................... 38

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